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Sanford Schram

@sandysfs.bsky.social

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The Trajectory of Trumpism: Racism, Fascism, Civil War and Beyond (Oxford, 2025).

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Sanford Schram @sandysfs.bsky.social · Jun 21

My new book should be available electronically in October: global.oup.com/academic/pro...

global.oup.com

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Eye Of The Idol @eyeoftheidol.bsky.social · 5h

I don’t want Chuck Schumer out because of his no vote to end the shut down. I want Chuck Schumer out because he couldn’t control his caucus and 8 of the people in it defected to the fascist side and voted with them!

He needs to be gone as Senate minority leader like yesterday!

#Maddow

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 7h

Trump on Air Traffic Controllers: The one’s that stayed, I'm sending them a $10,000 bonus.

Ingraham: Where is that money coming from?

Trump: I don't know.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 7h

a new genre of photo in the last year is federal agents working for ICE pointing guns directly at photographers

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 8h

After yesterday’s surrender, we’re launching the largest Democratic primary program that we’ve ever run.

We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.

If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇

Democratic leaders have failed us again. It's time to get new leaders.

After yet another capitulation by Chuck Schumer and Senate Democrats, it's clear we need new leadership capable of mounting a serious opposition to Trump's authoritarian regime. We're launching our la...

www.indivisible2026.org

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 9h

“After a year spent organizing to try to convince the Democratic Party to unify and oppose this regime, here’s where I am: The time for convincing is over. We need new leadership.” - @ezralevin.bsky.social

Demand that your Dem senators call on Schumer to step aside: indivisible.org/resource/cal...

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

Did you get your new healthcare premium notice yet?

“Medicare for All” is starting to sound real good to a lot of folks who didn’t want to talk about it before.

Same page now!

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 1d

Senate Democrats voting to dismantle the ACA to avoid any problems with their Thanksgiving travel is tragically on brand.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Trump getting booed at the Commanders game

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 1d

Find your senators at reps.fyi or call 202-224-3121

graphic in the mamdani font/colors saying:

CALL YOUR SENATORS
and TELL THEM NO SHUTDOWN DEAL WITHOUT ACA FUNDING
202-224-3121

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 1d

However bad you think Schumer is, he is worse

prospect.org/2025/11/08/w...

At Thursday's meeting, they told their caucus colleagues that they now had ten votes to re-open the government in exchange for no real Republican
concessions. At that, much of the rest of the caucus went ballistic, and some of the supposed ten said that, in fact, they were not willing to vote for any such deal.
More from Robert Kuttner
The leaders of the proposed Democratic cave-in, Sens. Maggie Hassan and Jeanne Shaheen, both of New Hampshire, and Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada, then backed down. Only after that did Schumer go public with his proposal to reopen the government in exchange for a one-year extension of the ACA subsidies, along with a bipartisan commission to figure out a long-term solution.

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Julian Carter @fairykingcarter.bsky.social · 1d

I called Schumer’s office & left an absolutely blistering voicemail concluding with the observation that he is paid enough to have a spine installed if necessary

202) 224-6542

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concerned2.bsky.social @concerned2.bsky.social · 1d

FIGHT FOR US! DO NOT CAVE! Don't end shutdown without iron clad concessions to protect our healthcare.

@schumer.senate.gov
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
@captmarkkelly.bsky.social
@chrismurphyct.bsky.social
@gallego.senate.gov

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 1d

A federal judge issued a stark warning about what he called an “existential threat to democracy” in a forceful first-person essay published Sunday. He revealed that he resigned from the bench to freely speak out against Trump,

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Democracy Matters! @democracymatters.bsky.social · 1d

I’m sure he’s trying to figure out how to stiff Democrats. Anyway, $2K is no compensation for the other economic and socials destruction Republicans have wreaked. Just wait.

Trump says a tariff dividend of 'at least' $2,000 will be paid to most Americans www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump...

Trump says a tariff dividend of 'at least' $2,000 will be paid to most Americans

In a post on Truth Social on Sunday, Trump said the payments would be for all but "high income people."

www.businessinsider.com

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you, Gov. Evers!

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

A Trump supporter who fired off a gun during the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol was arrested last month on kidnapping and sexual assault charges, according to the Cook County Sheriff’s Office in Illinois.

Former Jan. 6 defendant arrested on kidnapping and aggravated assault charges

The Utah man was previously charged with firing a gun outside the Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack.

www.nbcnews.com

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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 1d

The dumbest president in history strikes again

Sanford Schram @sandysfs.bsky.social · 1d

sanfordschram-87074.medium.com/the-discours...

The Discourse of Trumpism: Normalizing Extremism

sanfordschram-87074.medium.com

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Captain Mark Kelly @captmarkkelly.bsky.social · 1d

It’s time for Speaker Johnson to cut the ridiculous excuses and do his job. Adelita Grijalva won an election more than 6 weeks ago, and she still hasn’t been sworn in to represent more than 800,000 Arizonans. Read her op-ed:

I was elected 6 weeks ago. Speaker Mike Johnson refuses to swear me in.

Speaker Mike Johnson refuses to swear me into office, an unprecedented and starkly undemocratic position that sets a very dangerous precedent.

www.usatoday.com

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

NEW: EXCLUSIVE: I spoke to sources at FBI and DOJ that reviewed the Epstein files. It’s worse than the photos. I’ll let you know what they said today at 3:30 PM PT / 6:30 PM ET on @meidastouch.com. Link to show: www.youtube.com/live/hEi77Ib...

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 1d

NO FOOD FOR YOU: The Trump administration tells states to “immediately undo any steps taken to issue full SNAP benefits for November 2025"

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 1d

“I no longer can bear to be restrained by what judges can say publicly or do outside the courtroom,” Judge Mark L. Wolf writes on his decision to resign from the federal bench. “President Trump is using the law for partisan purposes”:
https://theatln.tc/MHDWR78I

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 1d

I asked Georgetown law prof David Super wtf is going on with this latest demand for states to claw back benefits already sent out.
He says the law doesn't allow for this, and if the USDA is mad that states already sent out SNAP money, too bad—they were following USDA's own guidance. Full comments:

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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 1d

With a “WOW!,” President Trump posts a claim about DOGE and “royalties linked to Obamacare” that originated on a satirical website. That site’s own About section reads: “Everything on this website is fiction… If you believe that it is real, you should have your head examined.”

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Schiff: "The president -- 'I'm going out to play golf.' One thing that is so shocking to me is that they're appealing to the Supreme Court for the right to cut off food from people. Who does that? Who works so hard to cut food from people who need it right now? The cruelty is part of the policy."

Yoni Appelbaum @yappelbaum.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely, positively. And for the Caribbean boat strikes, too.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 1d

Folks this is not a candid shot of the man at 11PM on a weekend, this is what he was doing while sitting in the middle of an internationally broadcast major press conference in the Oval Office

He is cooked, get him out of there ASAP—before we find ourselves in the midst of a second Great Depression

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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 2d

I recall the orange convicted felon once saying people would stand in long lines begging for food if Kamala Harris became President.

Now in 2025 people are seen in Cleveland and other cities standing in long lines for food due to his cruelty.

Endless projection. I hate him.

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Marcy Gall @marcygall.bsky.social · 2d

I can’t believe it’s come to this.

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